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Stonepit Field Plantation

2 ha

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie +52 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie +52 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Japanese Knotweed, Coltsfoot +43 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Japanese Knotweed, Coltsfoot +43 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Speckled Wood, Black Darter, Common Darter +17 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Speckled Wood, Black Darter, Common Darter +17 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Garlic Mustard, Elder, Guelder-rose +4 more foraging species

Varies

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Rotary WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

GM Ringway Stage 14Walking route21.9 km

GM Ringway Stage 14 - Bromley Cross to Blackrod

Named routeLength 21.9 kmRegional walking route

GM Ringway Stage 15Walking route16.2 km

GM Ringway Stage 15 - Blackrod to Wigan

Named routeLength 16.2 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

36 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Regional Route 80Cycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route

Route 55Cycling route

Named routeRef 55National Cycle Network

Greater Manchester Route 80Cycling route

Named routeRef 80Regional cycle route

N/ACycling route58 m

Named routeRef 80Length 58 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose

N/ACycling route382 m

Named routeRef 80Length 382 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

5,584 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,584 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Jackdaw · Black-headed Gull +53

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Willow TitPoecile montanus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Great TitParus major2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Buteo buteo buteoButeo buteo buteo2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
SwiftApus apus2023
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2022

🦌

Mammals8 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Roe Deer · Mole · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog +3

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
MoleTalpa europaea
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
Red DeerCervus elaphus2024
Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2022

🐝

Insects20 species

summer

2025

Speckled Wood · Black Darter · Common Darter · 2-spot Ladybird · Common Hawker +15

Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2023
Black DarterSympetrum danae
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Common HawkerAeshna juncea2024
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2023
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2023
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2023
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2023
Small WhitePieris rapae2023
PeacockAglais io2023
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2023
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2023
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2023
BumblebeeBombus2023

🌿

Plants46 species

springsummer

2026

Himalayan Balsam · Japanese Knotweed · Coltsfoot · Common Ragwort · Lesser Celandine +41

Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025
DaisyBellis perennis2025
Bog MossSphagnum2024
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024
ElderSambucus nigra2024
Norway MapleAcer platanoides2023
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2022
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2025
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2025
TurnipBrassica rapa2025
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
HonestyLunaria annua2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024
Alder BuckthornFrangula alnus2024
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
Mexican OrangeChoisya ternata2024
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus2023
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2023
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2023
Common NettleUrtica dioica2023
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023
HollyIlex aquifolium2023
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2023
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023
OakQuercus2023
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2023
White CloverTrifolium repens2023
Hedge BedstrawGalium album2023
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2023
DandelionTaraxacum2023
Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis2023
Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,584 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Jackdaw · Black-headed Gull +53

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Willow TitPoecile montanus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Great TitParus major2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Buteo buteo buteoButeo buteo buteo2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
SwiftApus apus2023
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2022

🦌

Mammals8 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Roe Deer · Mole · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog +3

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
MoleTalpa europaea
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
Red DeerCervus elaphus2024
Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2022

🐝

Insects20 species

summer

2025

Speckled Wood · Black Darter · Common Darter · 2-spot Ladybird · Common Hawker +15

Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2023
Black DarterSympetrum danae
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Common HawkerAeshna juncea2024
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2023
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2023
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2023
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2023
Small WhitePieris rapae2023
PeacockAglais io2023
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2023
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2023
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2023
BumblebeeBombus2023

🌿

Plants46 species

springsummer

2026

Himalayan Balsam · Japanese Knotweed · Coltsfoot · Common Ragwort · Lesser Celandine +41

Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025
DaisyBellis perennis2025
Bog MossSphagnum2024
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024
ElderSambucus nigra2024
Norway MapleAcer platanoides2023
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2022
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2025
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2025
TurnipBrassica rapa2025
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
HonestyLunaria annua2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024
Alder BuckthornFrangula alnus2024
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
Mexican OrangeChoisya ternata2024
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus2023
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2023
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2023
Common NettleUrtica dioica2023
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023
HollyIlex aquifolium2023
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2023
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023
OakQuercus2023
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2023
White CloverTrifolium repens2023
Hedge BedstrawGalium album2023
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2023
DandelionTaraxacum2023
Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis2023
Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

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